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title: "Industry Cooperation Takes Another Step in Fighting Online Piracy"
summary: |-
  A new agreement to combat online piracy shows that a win-win outcome is possible when private-sector stakeholders come together, write Daniel Castro and Nigel Cory in The Hill.
date: "2016-03-03"
issues: ["Intellectual Property", "Internet"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro", "Nigel Cory"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2016/03/03/industry-cooperation-takes-another-step-fighting-online-piracy/"
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# Industry Cooperation Takes Another Step in Fighting Online Piracy

Daniel Castro and Nigel Cory write in *The Hill* that a recent voluntary agreement between the Motion Picture Association of America and Donuts, a domain name registry, shows that win-win outcomes are possible when private-sector stakeholders come together to protect intellectual property online. While there is still a lot to do in fighting online piracy, these voluntary agreements can help complement government efforts to improve online intellectual property enforcement.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2016/03/03/industry-cooperation-takes-another-step-fighting-online-piracy/*